Media Center Minutes

November 2013

Media Center Minutes

November 2013

The Book Fair is coming!

Just in time for all your Holiday shopping, the Book Fair will be in the Media Center from Monday, December 2nd until Friday, December 6th, from 7:10 until 2:30. Each purchase supports your Roxbury Media Center - we can get books, supplies, and equipment from Scholastic, so please consider scheduling your class to come down and browse or buy. There will be books available for all levels, from preschool to adult. Since picture books always seem to be a hit, we will make sure there are plenty available.

And as always, we will offer treats with every purchase - always a hit at the Fair!

Tech Tips

You may already know some of these, but if you don't, these few tips may make your life a little easier.

Scrolling

When you want to scroll down a webpage, any webpage, you can tap the Spacebar. To scroll back up, hit Shift+Space

Text size

To increase the text size of a webpage, press Control & +

To decrease the text size, hit Control & -

Windows

CTRL+T opens a new tab

CTRL+N for a new window

Alt+F4 closes the window

CTRL+Esc to open applications window

Windows key+D to get to the desktop

Scrolling

When you want to scroll down a webpage, any webpage, you can tap the Spacebar. To scroll back up, hit Shift+Space

Text size

To increase the text size of a webpage, press Control & +

To decrease the text size, hit Control & -

Windows

CTRL+T opens a new tab

CTRL+N for a new window

Alt+F4 closes the window

CTRL+Esc to open applications window

Windows key+D to get to the desktop

Facebook app

If you're trying to save battery life, get rid of the FB app on your phone. Even when you're not using it, it is constantly draining your battery. And if you're concerned about privacy issues, you should be aware that the app has access to just about everything on your phone. Delete the app, and log onto FB on your phone using your web browser instead.

Voicemail

You can bypass the annoying voicemail instructions by pressing the following:

Verizon: *

AT&T, T-Mobile: #

Sprint: 1

Powerpoint

If you're presenting a PPT and they're all looking at the screen and not at you, press:

Shift+B to black out the screen

Shift+W to white out the screen

and the same to bring it back to your slide

Facebook app

If you're trying to save battery life, get rid of the FB app on your phone. Even when you're not using it, it is constantly draining your battery. And if you're concerned about privacy issues, you should be aware that the app has access to just about everything on your phone. Delete the app, and log onto FB on your phone using your web browser instead.

Voicemail

You can bypass the annoying voicemail instructions by pressing the following:

Verizon: *

AT&T, T-Mobile: #

Sprint: 1

Powerpoint

If you're presenting a PPT and they're all looking at the screen and not at you, press: